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Teaching futurism to children and teens
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7-4-2008 5:10 AM
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There is systematic guidance in the form of counselors in schools once a child becomes an adolescent and help is given for the child to develop into their adult career.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.depressedmetabolism.com/2008/07/02/teaching-futurism-to-children-and-teens/">What is a futurist to do to inspire the next generation?</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.depressedmetabolism.com/2008/07/02/teaching-futurism-to-children-and-teens/">A futurist can share sci-fi books such as Stephen Hawking’s new book for children <A target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1416954627/?tag=depressedmetabolism-20" linkindex="98" set="yes">“George’s Secret Key to the Universe”,</A> or a transhumanist adventure based on what is seen as possible by scientists now –like my book <A target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1886057001/?tag=depressedmetabolism-20" linkindex="99" set="yes">“21st Century Kids”</A>,</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.depressedmetabolism.com/2008/07/02/teaching-futurism-to-children-and-teens/"> but they still must encourage the child’s own loves, even if they are radically different.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C433AD37-CFDD-4AE7-8BC0-27EE0AB50F3E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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